Johns Hopkins Students Lose Visas Amid Federal Immigration Push: Reports Johns Hopkins Students Lose Visas Amid Federal Immigration Push: Reports
Johns Hopkins Students Lose Visas Amid Federal Immigration Push: Reports About a dozen international students at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore had their visas revoked, according to officials. Several students and recent graduates who had F-1 visas through the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System had their information pulled amid the Trump administration's ongoing push to deport immigrants. The F-1 visa allows students to enter the United States as a full-time student at an accredited college, university, seminary, conservatory, academic high school, elementary school, or other academic institution or in a language training program. Accor…
Avelo To Fly ICE Deportation Flights, Sparking Boycott As Critics Slam 'Cruel' Policy Avelo To Fly ICE Deportation Flights, Sparking Boycott As Critics Slam 'Cruel' Policy
Avelo To Fly ICE Deportation Flights, Sparking Boycott As Critics Slam 'Cruel' Policy Avelo Airlines has received widespread criticism after agreeing to fly deportation charter flights for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. An Avelo spokesperson confirmed the airline's ICE partnership to the Daily Voice on Tuesday, April 8. The "long-term charter program" will be based at Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA) in suburban Phoenix and begin on Monday, May 12. The Houston-based airline said its operations with the Department of Homeland Security will utilize three Boeing 737-800 planes. "Flights will be both domestic and international to support the department's deportat…
Federal Judge Blocks Return Of Maryland Man Wrongfully Deported To El Salvador Federal Judge Blocks Return Of Maryland Man Wrongfully Deported To El Salvador
Federal Judge Blocks Return Of Maryland Man Wrongfully Deported To El Salvador A federal judge has overruled a lower court’s order requiring the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Maryland by midnight Monday. The temporary order was issued hours before Abrego Garcia was scheduled to be returned home after the former MS-13-affiliated man was mistakenly shipped to a notorious El Salvadoran detention center. Top officials admitted the deportation was a mistake, but they’ve dragged their feet in reuniting him with his wife and family in Maryland. Abrego Garcia had previously been granted withholding of removal by an immigration judge back in 2019…
Justice Dep't Lawyer Placed On Leave Following Wrongful Deportation Of Maryland Dad: Reports Justice Dep't Lawyer Placed On Leave Following Wrongful Deportation Of Maryland Dad: Reports
Justice Dep't Lawyer Placed On Leave Following Wrongful Deportation Of Maryland Dad: Reports Erez Reuveni, the US Justice Department attorney who admitted that last month's deportation of a protected citizen and Maryland resident never should have happened has been placed on leave, according to multiple reports. GoFundMe photo District Judge Paula Xinis ruled during a hearing in Greenbelt, MD, that Kilmar Abrego Garcia must be returned from El Salvador to the United States by Monday, April 7, according to CBS News. Reuveni, meanwhile, argued he was not given sufficient information by the DOJ and reportedly failed to answer Xinis' questions. Abrego Garcia had been granted wit…
Convicted Attempted Killer Caught In Maryland, Faces Deportation To Guatemala: ICE Convicted Attempted Killer Caught In Maryland, Faces Deportation To Guatemala: ICE
Convicted Attempted Killer Caught In Maryland, Faces Deportation To Guatemala: ICE A convicted attempted murderer is back in custody—this time with a one-way ticket out of the country, according to federal officials. Edvin Giovanni Ceron-Reyes, 37, was taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Maryland on Monday, March 31, after he completed a prison sentence for a brutal 2011 crime in Howard County, ICE announced. Ceron-Reyes, a citizen of Guatemala, entered the United States unlawfully at an unknown location and date. On July 7, 2011, Howard County Police arrested him and charged him with attempted first-degree murder.  That same day, I…
'Disturbing' Videos Involving Children Found In Leesburg Man's Possession, Judge Says 'Disturbing' Videos Involving Children Found In Leesburg Man's Possession, Judge Says
'Disturbing' Videos Involving Children Found In Leesburg Man's Possession, Judge Says A Leesburg man convicted of possessing child pornography has been sentenced to five years behind bars — with a lifetime requirement to register as a sex offender, Loudoun County prosecutors announced. Henri Bladimir Benitez Ramirez, 28, was sentenced in Loudoun County Circuit Court on February 20 to five years in the Virginia Department of Corrections after being found guilty of multiple possession of child pornography offenses. The Leesburg Police Department began investigating Benitez Ramirez in the summer of 2023 after receiving a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploi…
Maryland Dad Deported By 'Mistake' To El Salvador Mega-Prison, Despite Court Order Maryland Dad Deported By 'Mistake' To El Salvador Mega-Prison, Despite Court Order
Maryland Dad Deported By 'Mistake' To El Salvador Mega-Prison, Despite Court Order Top officials in the Trump administration admitted to mistakenly deporting a Maryland father to an El Salvadoran mega-prison—despite a court order blocking his removal. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who lived in Maryland with his wife and 5-year-old child, was taken into ICE custody in March and deported just days later, federal officials said in a new court filing on Monday, March 31. His family says he should never have been removed in the first place. Abrego Garcia had previously been granted withholding of removal by an immigration judge back in 2019—meaning the g…
Hunterdon Dad Seized By ICE Was Filing Routine Paperwork, Says Family Fighting To Get Him Back Hunterdon Dad Seized By ICE Was Filing Routine Paperwork, Says Family Fighting To Get Him Back
Hunterdon Dad Seized By ICE Was Filing Routine Paperwork, Says Family Fighting To Get Him Back Karim Daoud showed up at a Newark immigration office earlier this month expecting just another day of routine paperwork. Instead, he never came home. The Hunterdon County dad, a popular pickleball instructor, restaurant server, and father of two, was taken into custody by ICE on Wednesday, March 12, during what was supposed to be a standard appointment to renew his work authorization, family friend Rachel Mascitelli said. Officials at the office told Daoud that there had been a mistake. They sent him to ICE, where he was apprehended and told he was being deported. And that’s all they …
Tufts Student Arrested By Agents In Somerville, Moved To Louisiana Detention Center: Report Tufts Student Arrested By Agents In Somerville, Moved To Louisiana Detention Center: Report
Tufts Student Arrested By Agents In Somerville, Moved To Louisiana Detention Center: Report A Tufts University student who was arrested by federal agents in Massachusetts last week was later located in a detention center more than 1,500 miles away in Louisiana, CNN reported. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was walking to meet friends for dinner after breaking her Ramadan fast on Tuesday, March 25, in Somerville, Massachusetts, when six plainclothes officers approached her and took her into custody. Officers hid their faces with cloth coverings and masks before putting her in handcuffs and into the back of an unmarked police car.  The incident was recorded on surveillance video and circul…
Chinese Spy Arrested In Newark: ICE Chinese Spy Arrested In Newark: ICE
Chinese Spy Arrested In Newark: ICE A man who had been living in the United States for almost 25 years was arrested by ICE on Monday, March 24, on charges he was a Chinese spy, authorities said. Ming Xi Zhang was apprehended in Newark by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement after he was sentenced to three years of probation last year for unlawfully acting as an agent of a foreign government, authorities said. “Any illegal alien conducting activities related to espionage, sabotage or export control against the United States is subject to deportation,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Newark Field Office Director John Tso…
Released Murder Suspect With Gang Ties Re-Arrested By ICE In Maryland Released Murder Suspect With Gang Ties Re-Arrested By ICE In Maryland
Released Murder Suspect With Gang Ties Re-Arrested By ICE In Maryland ​A known Venezuelan gang member accused of murder in Maryland was released from custody despite an active immigration detainer and now faces deportation, authorities said.​ Wilmer Antonio Echenique-Navarro, 22, of Capitol Heights, was arrested in April 2024, for the fatal shooting of 40-year-old Derek Coleman in Takoma Park.  Despite an active detainer from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), he was released from Prince George’s County Department of Corrections custody, according to an ICE statement.​ Wilmer Echenique-Navarro ERO Baltimore On Tuesday, March 18, ICE’s…
Convicted Child Rapist, Gang Members Arrested In Virginia After Illegally Reentering US: DOJ Convicted Child Rapist, Gang Members Arrested In Virginia After Illegally Reentering US: DOJ
Convicted Child Rapist, Gang Members Arrested In Virginia After Illegally Reentering US: DOJ A convicted child rapist, gang members, and repeat violent offenders are among six men facing charges in Virginia after being arrested for illegally reentering the US following multiple deportations, federal officials announced. Erik Siebert, US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said the men—who hail from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico—had been previously removed from the country, only to return and commit new crimes, including violent assaults, stabbings, and child abuse. Among them is Carlos Alberto Sosa Horellana, a Honduran national convicted of raping a child…